Transplant
Starting from
$45,000
Up to $260,000 depending on centre
Typical duration
45–120 days
Including pre-operative work-up
Partner hospitals
2
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Single and bilateral (double) lung transplantation for patients with end-stage pulmonary diseases such as COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, and cystic fibrosis. A small number of internationally accredited centers in India and Thailand offer this complex surgery with dedicated thoracic transplant teams.
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Average coordinated costs across our partner centres. Final pricing depends on clinical complexity and chosen hospital.
| Country | Avg. cost | vs. cheapest |
|---|---|---|
🇮🇳 India New Delhi · Chennai · Bengaluru · Hyderabad · Mumbai · Kochi | $60,000 | —chevron_right |
🇹🇷 Turkey Istanbul | $210,000 | +250%chevron_right |
🇹🇭 Thailand Bangkok · Phuket · Chiang Mai | $220,000 | +267%chevron_right |
Costs are indicative estimates and vary by procedure specifics, hospital, and clinical complexity. Request a personalised estimate for your specific case.
This treatment category covers several different operations with different levels of invasiveness, recovery times, and costs. The country averages above blend all of them together — use the breakdown below for a more realistic, procedure-specific estimate.
Both diseased lungs are removed and replaced with two donor lungs from a single deceased donor, usually through a clamshell or bilateral thoracotomy incision. It is the preferred approach for suppurative lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis, and is increasingly used for COPD and pulmonary fibrosis where donor availability allows, generally offering better long-term survival than a single-lung transplant.
Typical recovery · 3–6 months
Patients typically spend 1–3 weeks in ICU followed by 2–4 more weeks on the ward, for an overall hospital stay of around 4–6 weeks. Most transplant programs require staying within 1–2 hours of the center for a further 2–3 months for frequent bronchoscopic surveillance biopsies and management of acute rejection or infection. Meaningful return to normal activity generally takes 3–6 months, with lifelong immunosuppression and follow-up thereafter.
India
$70,000–$150,000
Turkey
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Thailand
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One diseased lung is removed and replaced with a single donor lung, usually through a thoracotomy on the affected side, leaving the other native lung in place. It is more commonly used for pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema in older or higher-risk candidates, and makes more efficient use of a scarce donor organ pool, though survival is generally somewhat lower than with a bilateral transplant.
Typical recovery · 3–5 months
Hospital stay is typically 3–5 weeks, including 1–2 weeks in ICU. Because only one lung is transplanted, the remaining native lung can be a source of infection or, in emphysema, progressive native-lung hyperinflation — both are monitored closely alongside standard rejection surveillance. Most patients need 3–5 months to reach a stable recovery point, with lifelong immunosuppression and monitoring continuing after that.
India
$60,000–$120,000
Turkey
Estimate pending verification — ask your care coordinator for a current quote
Thailand
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A lobe from each of two living donors, typically family members, is transplanted to replace a recipient's diseased lungs — an option used only at a handful of highly specialized centers worldwide when a deceased-donor organ cannot be secured in time, most often for critically ill smaller-stature or pediatric recipients. Both donors undergo a separate major lobectomy operation with their own recovery and risk.
Typical recovery · 4–6 months
Recipient recovery follows a similar course to bilateral transplant but is often complicated by starting from a more critically ill baseline, with hospital stays frequently extending beyond 4–6 weeks; each living donor separately requires roughly 1–2 weeks in hospital and 6–8 weeks before returning to normal activity. Because this procedure exposes two healthy donors to major surgical risk for one recipient, it is offered only at a very small number of centers globally with a dedicated living-donor lung program — it is not something most international medical-tourism centers in India, Turkey, or Thailand currently offer.
India
Estimate pending verification — ask your care coordinator for a current quote
Turkey
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Thailand
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Cost ranges are indicative estimates for international patients and vary with implant choice, number of levels treated, surgeon, and hospital. Request a personalised quote for your specific case.
Clinical detail: AAOS OrthoInfo, Mayo Clinic Health System, Cleveland Clinic. Cost ranges cross-checked across multiple independent medical-tourism sources per country where marked; ranges flagged "pending verification" could not be independently confirmed at the time of writing.
Faridabad, India
Asia's largest private hospital — 2,600 beds, 64 operation theatres, 81 specialties on a 130-acre campus in Delhi NCR. NABH & NABL accredited. Centres of excellence in oncology, cardiac surgery, BMT, organ transplantation, neurosciences, and IVF.
800+
Specialists
2,600+
Beds
Gurugram, India
Medanta – The Medicity is India's #1 hospital (Newsweek World's Best Hospitals 2026), founded by renowned cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Naresh Trehan on a 43-acre campus in Sector 38, Gurugram. The flagship facility operates 1,391 beds including 270+ ICU beds, 40 operating theatres, and 900+ experienced physicians across 30+ specialties. Medanta is the only Indian private hospital to be consistently ranked among the world's top 150 medical facilities, and receives over 20,000 international patients annually from more than 130 countries. Its centres of excellence span cardiac care, oncology, neurosciences, organ transplantation, gastrosciences, and orthopaedics, backed by JCI, NABH, and NABL accreditation.
900+
Specialists
1,391+
Beds
Lung transplant patients have the longest mandatory in-country stay of any solid organ transplant. After surgery, patients typically spend 2–4 weeks in ICU, followed by 3–6 weeks on the ward and in an outpatient rehab program. Most programs require the patient to remain within 1–2 hours of the hospital for at least 2–3 months post-transplant for bronchoscopic surveillance and management of early rejection or infection. Budget for a minimum 60–90 day stay for the patient and one accompanying caregiver.
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